Abolition
The ultimate goal of A Just Transition in a carceral context is to get rid of _______ & replace them with ___________ .
The ultimate goal of A Just Transition in a carceral context is to get rid of extractive economies & replace them with regenerative economies of care.
A framework developed to aid in the economic shift away from extractive economies & oppressive systems, such as the oil and gas industry, prisons, policing, and surveillance, towards more sustainable regenerative economies & systems of care, such as green jobs, behavioral health crisis responses, and community based solutions to mass incarceration. A Just Transition builds economic and political power to support marginalized communities such as: formerly incarcerated, Immigrant, Black, Indigenous, rural, communities of color and areas of high need. The Just Transition framework seeks to provide solutions that includes but is not limited to labor, jobs, land use, sustainability and economic stability.
What is A Just Transition?
This workgroup was created in 2022 to bring together statewide organizations interested in working toward A Just Transition.
What is the Budget2SaveLives AJT workgroup that meets every other Thursday at 2PM?
this organization uses leadership development, capacity building, and organizing to address the ways which Black LGBTQIA+ migrants are targeted by the criminal law and immigration enforcement system, and marginalized in the broader migrant community and racial and economic justice movements.
Who is the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project?
author of the HEAL proposal, represents San Jose.
What is Assemblymember Kalra?
Systematic fair treatment of people of all races, resulting in equitable opportunity and pay rates for cis, trans, Black and Brown people, decriminalization of labor, dismantling unfair qaulifications for workforces and proiritizing lived experiences.
What is racial justice?
An unsustainable economic infrastructure that harms the environment and individuals by extracting from natural resources, human health, and well being for the purposes of commodification. Extractive economies perpetuate harm by exploiting labor, providing unsafe working conditions, and harming the environment through unsustainable practices; this ultimately has a negative impact on the individuals, marginalized communities, and our environment.
What is an Extractive Economy?
The community / movements that the framework of A Just Transition originated from.
What are Environmental Justice and Indigenous groups and movements?
an interconnected system of non-profit and grassroots organizations, civil rights attorneys, law school clinics, and individuals working together to respond to dehumanizing immigration enforcement activities and policies in Orange County
The heart of healthy communities. May have a formal leadership role in a community organization, or friends and neighbors may recognize them as the person who gets things done.
What are community members?
Systematic fair treatment of people of all genders, resulting in equitable pay rates for cis, trans, and Black and Brown people, decriminalization of labor, dismantling unfair qualifications for all workforces and prioritizing lived experiences.
What is gender justice?
Restores our environment and supports our communities through sustainable practices, mutual aid, and interdependency while prioritizing human dignity. People who are most affected by the economy are prioritized in decision making processes and resource sharing. An essential tenet is that humankind is equal to the land and earth.
What is a Regenerative Economy?
this facility is on track to lay off 112 workers as of April 14, leaving a big opportunity to explore A Just Transition in practice.
a nonprofit legal aid organization that provides direct representation, advocates for justice, & empowers the community.
Who is Centro Legal De La Raza?
What is the Governor?
Economic system in which private actors own and control property in accord with their interests, and demand and supply freely set prices in markets in a way that can serve the best interests of society.
What is capitalism?
Helping people with gaining or transitioning to new employment opportunities, supportive services, and job training. This form of workforce development does not seek to rely on labor and productivity, but rather meeting the needs of the individual that allows them to thrive and reach financial stability.
What is workforce development?
The closure of this prison in a rural California town, led to statewide conversations about A Just Transition.
What is California Correctional Center in Susanville?
devoted to abolishing immigration detention, while ending the isolation of people currently suffering in this profit-driven system.
What is Freedom for Immigrants?
supposedly their mission "is to protect the United States from the cross-border crime and illegal immigration that threaten national security and public safety."
What is ICE?
Systems of care created and led by community vs relying on centralized power and government.
What is mutual aid?
Careers in agricultural, manufacturing, research and development (R&D), administrative, and service activities that contribute(s) substantially to preserving or restoring environmental quality. This includes jobs such as: water conservation, sustainable forestry, biofuels, geothermal energy, environmental remediation, sustainability, energy auditors, recycling, electric vehicles, solar power, and wind energy.
What are green jobs?
A U.S. labor, and environmental activist, while campaigning for a superfund that would provide reimbursement to workers who were exposed to toxic chemicals during their careers, is widely thought to have coined the term: A Just Transition.
What is Tony Mazzocchi?
A statewide network of organizations fighting to abolish immigrant prisons
What is Dignity Not Detention Coalition?
An organization formed by workers who join together and use their strength to have a voice in their workplace.
What is a union?